The Swordsman & the Razor Blade

A number of oddities marked the work of the police teams that hunted down Tommy Suharto. How far were Tommys statements true in court about connivance between himself and the security forces?

July 30, 2002

Only a few days to go now. The deadline is August 5. The time limit was set by none other than the top man in the national police, General Dai Bachtiar, several days after Tommy Suharto sang in front of the panel of judges during his trial. That was at the end of June.

In court, Tommy openly admitted that he had been in league with the security forces while on the run. So Dai gave his subordinates a month to find out which of their number had join

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